Warp sizing machine



July 21, 1936. c. B. JOHNSON WARP SIZING MACHINE 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed April 29, 1935 INVENTQR,

ATTORNEY.

July 21, 1936. c. B. JOHNSON WARP SIZING MACHINE Filed April 29, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 a T 3 h. m m 1 3m NH .M rum Q 3 Z O M M 2. L i510 ATTORNEY.

pair of horizontal upper and lower rails 2; at the far side of the machine and opopsed to these standards and rails are, respectively, similar standards and rails rigidly connected together. Each right-hand standard may have an extension la. The two sides or framings thus formed, each by standards and rails, may be rigidly connected in any way, as in part by bars 3 and otherwise as at 3a. As for the movable or shorter section, 4 designates standards rigidly connected by a pair of upper and lower horizontal rails 5; at the far side (Fig. 3) opposed to these standards and rails are, respectively, similar standards and rails rigidly connected together. Eachleft-hand standard 4 may have an extension 4a. The two sides or framings thus formed, each by standards.

4 and rails 5, may be rigidly connected in any way, as in part by bars 6. Whereas the stationary section rests directly on the floor, the movable section is equipped with rollers I which rest on tracks'B extending longitudinallyof the machine. Th'e rails of the movable section project therefrom andlap those of the stationary section and th eirprojecting' portions near their free ends are supported on the stationary section as follows:

The rails of both sections are of channeled form, with the channels facing inward. In the present instance the rails 5 underlap the rails 2. Nearits free end each rail 5 has a bar 9 (Figs. 4 and.5) passed through a hole in its lower flange, the protruding lower end of the bar being threaded and equipped with a nut I0. The-upper end portion of the bar is bent inward to clear the adjoining flanges of such rail 5 and the corre'- sponding rail 2 and is equipped with a roller ll which: rides on a track l2 seated upon the affixed V to the flange of rail 2, the track preferably 'having at its outer side a groove |2a in which a peripheral flange II Id of the roller extends. To maintain the coupling or stirrup formed by the parts l l0ll against tilting in any direction, .or in rigid relation to rail 5, there. may be bolted to such rail a block 13 having a hole through which the bar extends and snugly fits.

5 Whereas the part of the movable frame section :which is formed by the projecting portions of its rails and constitutesa horizontal rigid extension 6 thereof might be confined against lateral (horizontal) displacement by fitting closely between the standards I of the stationary section, in the present example the connections last described per- .form this function and also the important one of supportingsuch extension of the movable section against the action of gravity active on such portions and tending to tilt said movable section, especially since its base (from one pair of rollers l to the other) is relatively short.

In order to shift the movable section relatively to the stationary section one section, as here the stationary section, has journaled therein a roitary shaft M which may have a squared end 14a (Fig; 3) to receive a crank for manually turning the shaft, said shaft having pinions l5, and the other section may have the under sides of a near and corresponding far rail, as 5,.equipped with racks l5a engaged with the pinions. When shaft :l i is turned ,one way or the other the movable section. may be moved from the position shown by solid lines to that shown by dotted lines (in which the machine will be collapsed as when it is used for sizing warps according to the silk sysi-tem) or, vice versa. 7 The machine is equipped with the usual instrumentalities by which the warp (of either kind indicated) is treated and handled, as here a quetch as well as the rotary suitably heated drums or cans or equivalent size-drying means and a take up. These are all of conventional or at least known character (see, for instance, my Patents Nos. 1,540,265 and 1,966,097). There is also provided means l6, carried by extensions la, to receive the beam I! for a warp to be sized according to the silk system, the dotted line l8 designating'such warp and those I9 warps to be sized according to the cotton system. The rolls of the quetch 20 are, as usual, geared through gearing 2| with the drums or cans 22, intergeared at 23. The take-up here comprises the roll 24 having a gear. 25 and around which roll and between it and nip-rolls 26 the warp extends, and the warp-receiving beam 21 driven through slipfriction from the rotary element formed by said 0 roll and gear, all substantially as in my said Patent No. 1,966,097. 28 is the main drive shaft with'which the gear 25 is inter-geared by the gearing 29 and from which the train including the drums and quetch rolls is driven as follows through means which, like the frame of the machine, is collapsible:

A shaft 30, extending longitudinally or parallel with the rails, is journaled in brackets 3| of the movable section and is geared at one end, as at 32, with the drive shaft, being confined against endwise displacement relatively to the movable section by having its gear (forming part of the gearing 32) fixed to such shaft and interposed between the other gear of such gearing 32 and the near bracket 3|. At its other end said shaft is telescoped into a supporting sleeve 33 which is fixed to the stationary section in brackets 34 thereof. The right-hand bracket 3| is formed with'two arms between which is a gear 35 splined to shaft 30. Through gearing 36 gear 35 drives a shaft 3'! which through gearing 38 drives the series of drums. The gearing 36-38 and shaft 31 are journaledin supports 39 carried by the stationary frame section.

Thus, whether the machine is extended or collapsed, when the drive shaft is driven the drums and take-up, and here also the quetch, are driven; and in the collapsed as well as in the extended state of the machine the end of shaft'30 at the far side of the member 35 relatively to the movable section is supported against sagging and from possible binding in the bracket 3| which adjoins such free end. 1

At 40 is shown a rack carried by the supports formed by the upper rails 5 and which carries split rods 4! for use when the sizing is according to the cotton'system, being removable when a silk warp isbeing treated.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim is:

-1. In combination, a warp-sizing machine frame comprising two frame sections arranged in horizontally offset relation to each other and one being movable toward and from and being of less horizontal extent than the other, and a take-up and a size-drying means the former of which is carried by the former and the latter of which is carried by the latter of such sections, each sec- .tion including horizontal rails at opposite sides thereof and extending lengthwise of the frame and the rails of the movable section lapping and being-confined in lapping relation to the rails of the other section.

2. In combination, a warp-sizing machine frame comprising two frame sections arranged in horizontally ofiset relation to each other and one being movable toward and from and being of less Cal horizontal extent than the other, and a take-up and a size-drying means the former of which is carried by the former and the latter of which is carried by the latter of such sections, each section including horizontal rails at opposite sides thereof and extending lengthwise of the frame and the rails of the movable section underlapping the.

rails of the other section and the rails of said other section having stirrups supporting the rails of the movable section. I

3. In combination, a warp-sizing machine frame comprising two frame sections arranged in horizontally offset relation to each other and one being movable toward and from and being of less horizontal extent than the other, a rotary take-up and a rotary size applying means the former of which is journaled in the former and the other of which is journaled in the latter of said sections, and a rotary system connecting said means and take-up for rotation in unison including a rotary transmission shaft journaled in the movable section and a rotary transmission member arranged in the other section, said shaft and member having a splined connection with each other.

4. In combination, a warp-sizing machine frame comprising two frame sections arranged in horizontally oifset relation to each other and one being movable toward and from and being of less horizontal extent than the other, a rotary take-up and a rotary size applying means the former of which is journaled in the former and the other of which is journaled in the latter of said sections, and a rotary system connecting said means and take-up for rotation in unison including a rotary transmission shaft journaled in the movable section and a rotary transmission member arranged in the other section, said shaft and member having a splined connection with each other and the movable section having a horizontal extension projecting lengthwise of the frame and slidably engaged with the other section and confined thereby against angular displacement.

5. In combination, a warp-sizing machine frame comprising two frame sections arranged in horizontally offset relation to each other and one being movable toward and from and being of less horizontal extent than the other, a take-up and a size-drying means the former of which is carried by the former and the latter of which is carried by the latter of such sections, the movable section having a horizontal rigid extension proiecting lengthwise of the frame and supported by and having a sliding engagement with the other section and rotary means, journaled in one section and geared with the other section, for moving the movable section.

6. In combination, a warp-sizing machine frame comprising two frame sections arranged in horizontally offset relation to each other and one being movable toward and from and being of less horizontal extent than the other, a rotary take-up and a rotary size applying means the former of which is journaled in the former and the other of which is journaled in the latter of said sections, a rotary system connecting said 5 means and take-up for rotation in unison includ ing a rotary transmission shaft journaled in the movable section and a rotary transmission member arranged in the other section, said shaft and member having a splined connection with each other and means on said other section at the far side of saidmember relatively to the movable section to support the shaft when the movable section is moved toward the other section.

7. In combination, a warp-sizing machine 15 frame comprising two frame sections arranged in horizontal offset relation to each other and one being movable toward and from and being of less horizontal extent than the other, and a take-up and a size-drying means the former of which is carried by the former and the latter of which is carried by the latter of such sections, the movable section having a horizontal rigid extension projecting lengthwise of the frame and supported by and having a sliding engagement with the other section.

8. In combination, a warp-sizing machine frame comprising two frame sections arranged in horizontal offset relation to each other and one being movable toward and from and being of less horizontal extent than the other, a take-up and a size-drying means the former of which is carried by the former and the latter of which is carried by the latter of such sections, and rotary means, journaled in one section and geared with the other section, for moving the movable section.

9. In combination, with a take-up for a warp and means to apply size to the warp, fixed supporting means for the size-applying means, and supporting means for the take-up movable in the direction to decrease the space between the takeup and size applying means and also in the opposite direction and including a substantially horizontal extension projecting in the first (iirection and having a sliding engagement with the fixed supporting means and confined thereby against angular displacement.

10. In combination, with a rotary take-up for a warp and means to apply size to the warp, fixed supporting means for the size-applying means, supporting means for the take-up movable in the direction to decrease the space between the takeup and size applying means and also in the opposite direction and including a substantially horizontal extension projecting in the first direction and having a sliding engagement with the fixed supporting means and confined thereby against angular displacement and a rotary system connecting said size-applying means and take-up for rotation in unison including a rotary transmission shaft journaled in the first-named supporting means and a rotary transmission member arranged in the fixed supporting means and having a splined connection with the shaft.

' CHARLES B. JOHNSON. 

